LIFE IN SOUND PODCAST: Kid Capone x Stoopid Lou Interview Episode 15

In this episode of LIFE IN SOUND, I interview Berlin, Germany-based sample maker and producer, Stoopid Lou. We discuss networking with the right artists and producers in the correct ways, having clear intentions for your goals and what you want to achieve with your music, and creating samples to be proud of when they release as records.

Follow Kid Capone:
https://www.kidcapone.com/
  / iamkidcapone  

Follow Stoopid Lou:
https://www.stoopidlou.com/
  / stoopidloubeats  
https://www.beatstars.com/stoopidlou

0:00 Intro
1:33 Where did you get your name as an artist and a brand?
2:19 What are your future plans for yourself and your brand?
8:07 How has your relationship with music changed now vs. when you were a kid?
10:49 How did your collaboration with Oscar Zulu come about?
17:38 How did the collaborative pack with CandyChyld happen?
24:29 Do you feel that collaboration has been an essential part of your growth?
30:39 What was the process like for creating your Pisces Guitar Library sample pack?
33:02 What is your daily routine?
37:53 How did you decide you needed a manager?
45:10 What is the process of working with different A&R’s like?
48:32 Are there any production tricks or techniques that make the music making process quicker and easier for you?
51:02 How long does it take you to put a sample pack together and how do you know when it’s finished?
56:35 Do you ever smoke, or drink coffee or alcohol when you create samples?
1:01:54 How did you get your first placement?
1:05:25 What is some helpful advice you’d give to sample makers trying to connect with artists and producers?

FOR THE NERDS:
1:14:51 What are your most regularly used plugins or VSTs?
1:18:44 What are some of your favorite ways to process guitars?
1:20:00 What are your most regularly used instruments or pieces of gear?
1:26:21 Do you play all the instruments we hear in your sample packs?
1:28:18 What are the essential elements you gravitate towards when making your samples?
1:30:16 How important is leaving space in your samples?
1:33:00 What are your favorite ways to transform or reshape a sound?
1:39:00 What is some secret sauce you wish you had known earlier when making music?

FINAL FIVE:
1:44:29 What is something you wish more people did in their music?
1:44:42 What is something that used to be important to you that you no longer care about?
1:45:03 What is the best way for a sample maker to improve their samples?
1:45:52 What is the WORST advice you’ve ever received?
1:46:35 What is the BEST advice you’ve ever received?